Collar-molding machine.



T. W. LLBWELLYN & J. J. DOYLE.

COLLAR MOLDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 26, 1913.

1,117,410, Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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T. w. LLEWELLYN a. J. J. DOYLE. COLLAR MOLDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1913. 1, 1 17,41 0, Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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THOMAS W.LLEWELLYN AND JAMES J'. DOYLE, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

Z 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, Tnonlis \V. Lenwne- LYNand James J. Dorms, citizens of the United States, and residents ofSyracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and l'lSGfflll Oollar-ll lolding Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object the production of a collar moldingmachine which particularly simple in construction, economical inmanufacture and highly ellicient and durable in use; and the inventionconsists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth andclaimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a plan of our collar molding machine, parts being omitted.Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, partly in elevation, on line A--A,Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view, partly broken away, of the ring and itssupport. Fig. 4- is a sectional view on line 13 B, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is aperspective view, partly in section, of the ring and contiguous parts.Fig. 6 is a detail view of the cam associated withthe rotating carriagefor the ring. Figs. 7 and 8 are fragmentary detail views of modifiedforms of the ring. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary view illustrating a furthermodified form of the ring.

This collar molding machine comprises generally male and. female diemembers as a head lniving an annular socket, a ring for receiving thecollar, the ring and the head having relative movement one toward andfrom the other for interfitting the ring with the collar thereon and thesocket to mold the cellar, and means for effecting the rela-Speeification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 26, 1913.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Serial No. 775,875.

lar cam face 5 located within the socket 3 :tor a purpose to bepresently described.

(5 designates the ring as a whole, the ring being carried by a suitablesupport or bed 7. This ring is provided with edge portions arranged tounderlie the folds in the hems near the front ends of the collar, suchedge portions being depressed or dcpressible below the edge of thegreater portion of the ring so as to provide space for the extrathickness of the hem. Hence the hem will not be split or cracked duringthe molding operation. Such edge portions are preferably normallyarranged with their edges flush with the edges of the major part of thering and are dcpressible when the ring 6 with the collar thereoninterfits with the socket 3. There are usually a series of said edgeportions on one side of the ring and a single edge portion on the other,the single edge portion and any one of the series of depressible edgeportions being arranged to underlie the hems near the ends of thecollar. The series of dep ressible edge portions adapt the ring tovarious sizes of collars. Usually a shield of thin yielding resilientmetal is provided to cover the ring.

8 is the single edge portion and 9 designates the series of edgeportions, said edge portions being preferably provided on sec tions 10separable from the major part of the ring and yieldingly mounted in thesupport or bed 7 and yieldable in a direction parallel to the axis ofthe ring. The ring and its sections are secured to the support or bed 7by means of a retaining ring 11 engaging inturned flanges 12 at thelower edges of the ring and the sections 10.

13 designates the yielding means as a strip of rubber underlying theflanges of the sections 10.

14 designates a section of the ring lower than the yielding sections orthe body of the ring, the section 1 1- being arranged in front of thetab at one end of the collar when the collar is on the ring. Thesections 10 may have straight abutting side edgesor may have lapping orinterfitting side edges as illustrated at 15, 16, Figs. 7 and 8respectively, or the edge portions 8, 9 instead of being yieldingsections may be formed by weakening the edge of the ring by providingthe same with marginal slots as 18, Fig. 9, located near the upper edgeof the ring.

19 designates the shield for covering the upper edges of the ring andsections thereof, this shield being or thin yielding metal as brass, andbeing thin enough so as not to interfere with the yielding action of thesections 10. The shield is secured to the ring by screws 20 passingthrough slots 21 in the shield. The ring is provided with means forretaining the collar thereon and preventing the same from adhering tothe head 1. This means cor sts of spring arms 22 arranged within the rigand extending toward the inner face thereof, the spring arms beingmounted on the closed upper end of a tubular axially extending boss 23provided on the bed or support 7 and formed with an open lower end, saidarms extend ing laterally from the boss 23 and having their free endslooped as shown at for engaging the collar for also engaging the camface 5 in order to be pressed out of engagement with the collar duringthe molding operation.

There are, in this embodiment 01 our invention, two rings 6 carried by acarriage movable about an axis for carrying the rings into and out ofalinement alternately with the head 1, the ring 6 and its support beingmovable relatively to the carriage.

25 is the carriage rotatably mounted on an upright shaft 26 forming partof the frame 2, the carriage being mounted between collars 27 on theshaft. The carriage is formed with diametrically disposed uprightbearings 28 on which the ring supports 7 are mounted, the bearings 28being tubular and open at their free upper ends and substarr tiallyfitting the bosses 23 of the ring supports. The carriage 25 is rotatableby hand and means are provided for actuating the carriage until one ofthe rings 6 is alined with the head 1 after a starting impulse has beengiven to the carriage, said means con sisting of a double cam 29, Figs.1 and 5, having high and low points and sockets 30 at its low points,and a spring pressed part 31 engaging the periphery of the cam andadapted to snap into one of the sockets when one of the rings 6 is inregistration with the head 1. This cam 29 is mounted on the carriage 25and is arranged eoaxially therewith. The spring pressed part 31 is aroller car ried by a reciprocally movable support as a yoke 32 arrangedastride the upper collar 27 and movable along flattened portions onopposite sides of said collar, the roller 31 being carried on one end ofthe yoke and a compression spring 33 being inserted be tween the otherend of the yoke and said upper collar 27. 1

Obviously, as a turningimpulse is imparted to the carriage 25, if thisimpulse is sufficient to turn the cam 29 and force the roller 31 out ofone socket 30 and to carry one of the high points of the cam 29 past theroller 31, the yoke 82 under the action ()1 the spring 83 pressing theroller 31 against the inclined face of the cam, will complete the hallrotation of the carriage 25 until the roller 31 snaps, into the othersocket 230.

T is means for actuating the ring 6 and its support 7 toward and fromthe head l comprises a reciprocating carriage 3% having bearingsembracing the shaft 26 and a similar shaft 26 on the opposite side ofthe machine, the carriage being actuated up- .vardly by means of a cam36 on a rock shaft 37 journaled in suitable bearings in the frame andhaving an upwardly extending hand lever 38 at one end by which saidshaft 87 is rocked. The motion of the carriage 34: is transmitted to thering support 7 by means or" a plunger and a spring inserted between theplunger and the ring support 7.

89 are plungers slidable in bearings 40 on each side of the axis of thecarriage 25, each plunger having a head 11 located in one bearing 28 ofthe carriage 42 is a compression spring located in each bearing andinterposed between the head 1-1 and the inner face of the boss 23. Thelower end of each plunger 39 is tapered and tits a tapered socket 4:3 inthe carriage 3e, and the carriage 34: first moves into engagement withthe plunger 39 and the motion of t ie plunger 39 is transmitted throughthe spring 412 to the ring support 7 so that as the ring 6 and itssupport 7 are carried upwardly with the head 41, the spring 42 yieldsWAGII the collar on the ring is being compressed in the socket 3. Thesections 10 underlying the hems near the ends of the collar, also yieldrelatively to the major part of the ring to avoid breaking the hem atthe fold.

The carriages 25 and 34 are provided with interfitting means forpreventing movement of the carriage 25 when the ring 6 is being fittedinto the socket 3, these means comprising pins 11 arranged on oppositesides of the axis of the carriage 25 and arranged to come into alinementwith a guide opening 45 provided in the carriage 34; and to enter saidopening after the carriage 34 has engaged the lower end of the plunger39.

li'i operation, the operator places the col-- lar on the ring 6 which isout of alinement or registration with the head 1. T he operator thengives the starting impulse to the carriage 25 carrying the ring with thecollar thereon into registration with the head 1 and then operates thehandle lever 38 to actuate the carriage 84-.

What we claim is: v

1. In a collar molding machine, the combination of a head havingasocket, and a' ring for receiving the collar, the head and the ringhaving relative movement one to- Ward and from the other forinterlitting the ring With the collar thereon and the socket to mold thecollar, and the ring having depressible edge portions arranged tounderlie the folds in the hems near the ends of the collar,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a collar moldingmachine, the combination of a head having a socketand a ring for receiving the collar, the head and the ring havingrelative movement one to Ward and from the other for interlitting thering With the collar thereon and the socket to mold the collar, and thering having movable sections arranged to yield in a direction parallelto the axis of the ring and away from the head to compensate for theheins near the ends 01" the collar, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

3. In a collar molding machine, the combination of a head having asocket and a ring for receiving the collar, the head and the ring havingrelative movement one toward and from the other for intertitting thering and the socket to mold the collar, and the ring having depressibleedge portions spaced apart and arranged to underlie the folds in thehems near the ends of the collar, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

' 4t. In a collar molding machine, the combination of a head having a.socket and a ring for receiving the collar, the head and the ring havingrelative movement one toward and from the other for interfitting thering with the collar thereon and the socket to mold the collar, the ringhaving a single depressible edge portion and a series of de pressibleedge portions spaced apart from the single edge portion, and the singleportion and one of the portions of the series being located to underliethe folds in the home near the ends of the collar and to yield in adirection parallel to the axis of the ring to compensate for the hems atthe front ends of the collar, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In a collar molding machine, the combination of a headhaving a socket, aring for receiving the collar, and a. support for the ring, the head andthe ringwith its support having relative movement one toward and fromthe other for interfitting the ring with the collar thereon and thesocket to mold the collar, and the ring including sections in the formof tongues yicldingly mounted in the support and yieldable in adirection parallel to the axis of the ring to depress their upper edgesbelow the upper edge of the ring to compensate for the hems near thefront ends of the collar, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

6. In a collar molding machine, the com-' bination of a head having asocket and a ring for receiving the collar, the head and the ring havingrelative movement one toward and from the other for interfitting thering with the collar thereon and the socket to mold the collar, the ringhaving a single deprcssible edge portion and a. series of depressibleedge portions spaced apart from the single edge portion, and the singleportion and one of the portions of the series being located to underliethe folds in the home near the ends of the collar and to yield in adirection parallel to the axis of the ring to compensate for the home atthe front ends of the collar, and a yielding resilient shield forcovering the ring, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. .[n a collar molding machine, the combination of a head having asocket, and a ring for receiving the collar, the head and the ring withits support having relative movement one toward and from the other forinterlitting the ring with the collar thereon and the socket to mold thecollar, and the ring including a section yieldable beneath the edge of acontiguous portion of the ring and designed to underlie a hem of thecollar, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. In a collar molding machine, the combination of a. head having asocket, and a ring for receiving the collar, the head and the ring withits support having relative movement one toward and from the other forinterfitting the ring with the collar thereon and the socket to mold thecollar, and the ring including a section yieldable beneath the edge of acontiguous portion of the ring and designed to underlie a hem of thecollar, and a yielding resilient shield for covering the yieldablesection and said contiguous portion of the ring, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

S). In a collar molding machine, the C0111- bination of a head havingasocket, a ring for receiving the eollar,'the head and the ring havingrelative movement one toward and from the other for inter-fitting thering with the collar thereon and the socket to mold the collar, andmeans for holding the collar on the ring and preventing the same fromadhering to the head, the head having means for disengaging the collarholding means from the collar during the molding operation,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

1.0. In a collar molding machine, the combination of a head having asocket, a ring for receiving the collar, the head and the ring havingrelative movement one toward and from the other for interfitting thering with the collar thereon and the socket to mold the collar, andmeans for holding the collar on the ring and preventing the same fromadhering to the head, said means comprising a spring arm fixedrelatively to the ring, the head having means for moving the spring armout of operative position during the molding operation, substantially asand for the purpose described.

11. In a collar molding machine, the combination of a head having asocket, a ring for receiving the collar and coacting with the socket, asupport for the ring, said support having a boss projecting within thering, a carriage for the support having a tubular bearing projectingwithin and supporting the boss, the carriage being movable in adirection at an angle to the axis of the ring into and out of apredetermined position relatively to the socket, and the support beingmovable along the tubular bearing of the carriage lengthwise of the axisof the ring, and means for moving said support along the tubular bearingof the carriage for carrying the ring into and out of position to coactwith the socket, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

12. In a collar molding machine, the combination of a head having asocket, a ring for receiving the collar and coacting with the socket, asupport for the ring, said support having a boss projecting within thering and having its end nearest the head closed and its other end open,a carriage for the support having a tubular bearing projecting withinand supporting the boss, the tubular bearing of the carriage being openat its free end, the carriage being movable in a direction at an angleto the axis of the ring into and out of a predetermined positionrelatively to the socket, and the support being movable along thetubular bearing of the carriage lengthwise of the axis of the ring,means movable relatively to the carriage lengthwise of the axis of thering and connected to the interior of the boss of the support, and meansfor engaging the former means and moving the ring and its supportlengthwise of the axis of the ring, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

13. In a collar molding machine, the combination of a head having asocket, a ring for supporting the collar, a support for the ring, acarriage for the ring and its support, the ring and its support beingmovable toward and from the head relatively to the carriage, and thesupport having a boss projecting axially into the ring, and the carriagehaving a bearing extending into the boss, a plunger slidably supportedby the carriage and extendinginto the bearing, a compression springlocated in the bearing and interposed between the plunger and the head01 the boss, and means for actuating the plunger, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

. Ina collar molding machine, the combination of a head having a socket,a ring forreceiving the collar and coacting with the socket, a supportfor the ring, said support having a boss projecting within the ring andhaving its end nearest the head closed and its other end open, acarriage for the support having a tubular bearing projecting within andsupporting the boss, the tubular bearing of the carriage being open atits free end, the carriage being movable in a direction at an angle tothe axis of the ring into and out of a predetermined position relativelyto the socket, and the support being movable along the tubular bearingof the carriage lengthwise of the axis of the ring, a spring within thetubular bearing of the carriage, one end of the spring bearing againstthe closed end of the boss of the support, means movable relatively tothe carriagelengthwise of the axis of the ring and bearing against theother end of the spring, and means for engaging the former means andmoving the ring and its support lengthwise of the axis of the ring,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

15. In a collar molding machine, the combination of a head having asocket, a ring for receiving the collar, a carriage for the ring, thecarriage being movable about an axis for carrying the ring into and outof regist ation with the head, and spring actuated means for moving thecarriage during the final movement thereof to center the ring relativelyto the head and for holding the carriage in predetermined position,substantially as and for the purpose described.

16. In a collar molding machine, the combination of a head having asocket, a ring for receiving the collar, a carriage for the ring, thecarriage being movable about an axis for carrying the ring into and outof registration with the head, and means for positioning the carriage tocenter the ring relatively to the head, said means compri ing a camarranged coaxially with the carriage and having high and low points anda socket at its lowest point, and a spring pressed part coacting withthe cam and designed to enter the socket and stop the movement of thecarriage when the ring is alined with the head, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

1?. In a collar molding machine, the combination of a head having asocket, a ring for receiving the collar, a support for the ring, acarriage movable about an axis for carrying the ringand its support intoand out of registration with the head, the ring and its support beingmovable toward and from the head relatively to the carriage, meanstending to move the carriage about its axis, and to limit the rotationof the carriage when the ring is alined with the head, a reciprocatingcarriage movable toward and from the head and the former carriage, meansfor transmitting the motion, of the ciproca ting carriage toward theformer carreciprocating carriage to the ring support, testing Witnesses,at Syracuse, the county 10 the carrlages havlng normally separated ofOnondaga, 1n the State of New York, guldlng means arranged to come 1ntoenth1s 2 1th day of June, 1913.

gagement during the movement of the re- THOMAS NV LLEVELLYN riage,substantially as and for the purpose JAMES DOYLE described. Witnesses Intestlmony whereof, we have hereunto CHA$. F. YOUNG, s1gned our names 1nthe presence of two at- S. DAVIS.

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